# \#slurm **URL:** https://community.seqera.io/tag/slurm/69.md [Latest](https://community.seqera.io/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.seqera.io/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.seqera.io/tags.md) --- ## [Handling SLURM Node Evictions in Nextflow: A Simple Retry Strategy](https://community.seqera.io/t/handling-slurm-node-evictions-in-nextflow-a-simple-retry-strategy/2575)
**Author:** [@COASD](https://community.seqera.io/u/COASD)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2026, 11:35pm UTC](https://community.seqera.io/t/handling-slurm-node-evictions-in-nextflow-a-simple-retry-strategy/2575 "2026-05-01T23:35:11Z")
if, like me, you’re running Nextflow with SLURM on a cluster that experiences node evictions, you probably want a way to automatically rerun jobs when they fail due to eviction. According to the documentation on Spot In… --- ## [jobName on slurm system](https://community.seqera.io/t/jobname-on-slurm-system/2614)
**Author:** [@mstagliamonte](https://community.seqera.io/u/mstagliamonte)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2026, 9:22am UTC](https://community.seqera.io/t/jobname-on-slurm-system/2614 "2026-03-17T09:22:00Z")
Hi, I have read multiple topics on the executor.jobName issues, and I am not sure if it has been solved. I see this post: and I am currently running Nextflow v. 25.10.4; however, I am still having issues. Here is my c… --- ## [OOMs using Nextflow that don't happen when submitting jobs manually](https://community.seqera.io/t/ooms-using-nextflow-that-dont-happen-when-submitting-jobs-manually/2287)
**Author:** [@ejade42](https://community.seqera.io/u/ejade42)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 11:20am UTC](https://community.seqera.io/t/ooms-using-nextflow-that-dont-happen-when-submitting-jobs-manually/2287 "2025-07-22T11:20:33Z")
Hi team, I previously constructed a Nanopore analysis pipeline in an ad-hoc manner using a bunch of bash scripts manually submitted to slurm. I am now trying to make this easier to use and more reproducible by convertin… --- ## [AccessDeniedException with docker + slurm on AWS](https://community.seqera.io/t/accessdeniedexception-with-docker-slurm-on-aws/1287)
**Author:** [@Nick\_Riddiford](https://community.seqera.io/u/Nick_Riddiford)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2024, 12:34am UTC](https://community.seqera.io/t/accessdeniedexception-with-docker-slurm-on-aws/1287 "2024-11-15T00:34:09Z")
Hi all, I’m running the nf-core/rnaseq pipeline on AWS using -profile docker and running with a config specifying executor = 'slurm'. I have had trouble with permission at various steps of the pipeline (mostly SALMON\_Q… --- ## [Spades job in nf-core/denovotranscript pipeline fails with memory issues](https://community.seqera.io/t/spades-job-in-nf-core-denovotranscript-pipeline-fails-with-memory-issues/1194)
**Author:** [@animesh](https://community.seqera.io/u/animesh)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2024, 9:03am UTC](https://community.seqera.io/t/spades-job-in-nf-core-denovotranscript-pipeline-fails-with-memory-issues/1194 "2024-10-09T09:03:00Z")
I am trying to launch GitHub - nf-core/denovotranscript: A pipeline for de novo transcriptome assembly of paired-end short reads from bulk RNA-seq pipeline via the slurm cloud executer but faced issue related to spades “… --- ## [Assistance Needed for Configuring SLURM to Utilize GPUs in VM for AlphaFold](https://community.seqera.io/t/assistance-needed-for-configuring-slurm-to-utilize-gpus-in-vm-for-alphafold/1195)
**Author:** [@GiampaoloMart](https://community.seqera.io/u/GiampaoloMart)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2024, 8:24am UTC](https://community.seqera.io/t/assistance-needed-for-configuring-slurm-to-utilize-gpus-in-vm-for-alphafold/1195 "2024-10-08T08:24:24Z")
I am currently trying to configure SLURM on a virtual machine to utilize its GPU resources for running AlphaFold. Despite specifying the correct parameters for GPU usage in my Nextflow process, and using --gpu=all in the… --- ## [Platform launch folders and concurrent Nextflow runs](https://community.seqera.io/t/platform-launch-folders-and-concurrent-nextflow-runs/531)
**Author:** [@Federico](https://community.seqera.io/u/Federico)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2024, 9:43am UTC](https://community.seqera.io/t/platform-launch-folders-and-concurrent-nextflow-runs/531 "2024-04-23T09:43:23Z")
Hello, I’m trying to use the Seqera Platform to submit multiple instances of the same pipeline, with different inputs, over a SLURM cluster. So far, I’ve been able to successfully run the individual instances, but if I … --- ## [Slurm killing platform jobs](https://community.seqera.io/t/slurm-killing-platform-jobs/607)
**Author:** [@johnvusich](https://community.seqera.io/u/johnvusich)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 9:31pm UTC](https://community.seqera.io/t/slurm-killing-platform-jobs/607 "2024-04-08T21:31:55Z")
I set up a compute environment to run jobs using our HPC. Our cluster uses Slurm. When I submit the head job, I can see that it is running (using squeue -u) and that eventually the cluster jobs start to run. However, aft… --- ## [Little discrepancies between results from normal and its optimized workflow](https://community.seqera.io/t/little-discrepancies-between-results-from-normal-and-its-optimized-workflow/444)
**Author:** [@animesh](https://community.seqera.io/u/animesh)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 11:34am UTC](https://community.seqera.io/t/little-discrepancies-between-results-from-normal-and-its-optimized-workflow/444 "2024-01-30T11:34:17Z")
First i must say that it is truly amazing how https://tower.nf/ is able to orchestrate the slurm jobs :pray: It just took away a lot of pain from work :ok\_hand:and kind of magical to see that it could optimize it even mo… --- ## [Slurm tower connection issue](https://community.seqera.io/t/slurm-tower-connection-issue/411)
**Author:** [@animesh](https://community.seqera.io/u/animesh)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.seqera.io/t/slurm-tower-connection-issue/411 "2024-01-18T22:54:14Z")
I tried submitting job to out HPC slurm via the tower but looks like account is not being relayed, error message below message: sbatch: error: Account specification required, but not provided sbatch: error: Batch job su… --- ## [Deploying tower -agent on HPC without root access](https://community.seqera.io/t/deploying-tower-agent-on-hpc-without-root-access/308)
**Author:** [@FloWuenne](https://community.seqera.io/u/FloWuenne)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.seqera.io/t/deploying-tower-agent-on-hpc-without-root-access/308 "2023-12-05T14:00:19Z")
Hi everyone, I recently set up our HPC environment on Seqera Platform. We are using a cluster with a SLURM scheduler provided by our University. Since we don’t have root access to the cluster, I was wondering how other … --- ## [Resume run with changed head job configuration](https://community.seqera.io/t/resume-run-with-changed-head-job-configuration/220)
**Author:** [@Johannes\_Alneberg](https://community.seqera.io/u/Johannes_Alneberg)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://community.seqera.io/t/resume-run-with-changed-head-job-configuration/220 "2023-10-26T13:13:37Z")
Hello! Background: Running on the enterprise version (23.2.0\_d157b0d) with SLURM on an offline HPC, using the GUI to launch the job. Issue: My head job unfortunately ran out of memory at a very late stage of the pipeli…